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3.8/5 rDev +21%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

For a recent Xmas Party, my neighbor provided a Snowbunny Ale from Hub City. The beer pours a clear medium copper color, with a long lasting light brown head. The scent includes vanilla, nut meg and clove. The taste follows the scent....vanilla, nut meg, and clove dominate this beer. The mouthfeel is a medium to light with decent carbonation. Overall this is a decent winter beer....any more than two would be agressive.

A- has a nice amber color to it. Nice and clear. No head what so ever.S- Smell of nothing but vanilla. Nothing else thereT- All I can taste is vanilla. No bitterness or malt. Feels like there is no carbonation. 2nd bottle like this.

Pumpkin amber with a creamy ivory cap that shrinks to a skim. Vanilla is the main aroma here with a whiff of grain. Once again vanilla dominates the flavor and is really overpowering. The base beer is not big enough to stand up to or complement the vanilla for me, I guess it depends on how you feel about vanilla. The dlavor is not unlike vanilla ice cream. Light bodied and a little sticky. This one is not for me.

Had this on tap at Whistle Binkies. Served in a pint, dark amber with a small white head that fell quickly with no lacing. Nice sweet caramel aroma, with a hint of smokiness in the background and light chocolate. Flavor is very similar to the nose, only very light. Sweet, but not overdone, with the lightest hint of chocolate and toasted marshmallow. Honestly, I don't see how this is listed as a cream ale, as it's more like a very light porter/winter warmer to me. But hey what can you do? Body is light and honestly, this beer could be a winner if it had a little more umph to it. Not bad though.

Hub City's Snowbunny Ale is a great seasonal brew. I've had it on-tap and in bottle, but on-tap is much more enjoyable. Snowbunny is a very sweet beer. Imagine drinking a glass of caramel candy (it makes for a great dessert beer). Definitely give this beer a try if you get the chance.

Poured from 12 oz bottle, light amber color with a small head that disapated quickly; no lacing. Couldn't pick up anything on the nose. Taste of caramel and malt--label says vanilla but I couldn't really pick that up. Not a bad brew by any means but I doubt I'd seek this out again.

Thanks to Dan for bringing this one over the other night. Pours a medium copper color, with a long lasting light brown head. The label advertises vanilla, but the nose showed no hints of it, but rather caramel, cereal and spice. On the palate, just a hint of the promised vanilla appears, but it may just be my imagination. A little caramel, and some light spicing.

I bought a Hub City 6-pack sampler from Woodman's in Janesville, WI for $7.79 in Spring 2011.

Pours a medium brown color with a fast diminishing head. Some scents of roasted malts are evident giving it an almost smoked type of scent. Drinks slightly lighter than a milk stout. You can definetly tell this is a cream ale. The flavor could be a little more bold and the texture could be a little thicker. Definetly something different though.

My wife got this for me in a sampler, thanks MMB. Poured into a pint glass this brew has a cloudy almost pinkish brown color with wild carbonation bubbles floating to the top however NO head to speak of. The aroma is full of vanilla and molasses. The taste leaves everything to desire. There is a slight cream soda taste up front but the finish and after taste is like seltzer water bland and bubbly. I appreciate the effort (from my wife) but this is not a good brew.

It's a beer. Nothing more or less. Others are picking up more aromas and flavors than I do. Poured with a medium to small white head and some lace. Color is a slightly hazy amber. Aroma is malty and beery. Flavor's about the same and a touch sweet. Body is decent and so is the carbonation. Finish is ok but with a slight lingering vanilla. Could be a seession if you're into it or don't have many alternatives.

Cherry toned mahogany body. Zilch for head. Nothing. Same with lace. Nothing. Not to great to look at. But wow, this smells really good. Really strong sweet aroma, though not indicative of cloying properties. More candied and a definite "cream ale" feel to the nose...just stronger than any cream ale aroma I've whiffed before. The flavor follows suit. It is pretty darn sweet, but not cloying. And it does have some cherry like candied notes to it. Reminiscent of Anderson Valley Winter Solstice if I remember correctly, and I usually do. Solid flavor. But that's where it ends. Unfortunately, the mouthfeel is crappy. Quite flat and lifeless. This beer is a tale of two cities. Rarely do my ratings jump across the board as they do in this one. If this had a better appearance and a lot better mouthfeel, it could challenge Lake Louie as the best Cream Ale I've had.

Poured into sam adams sensory experience glass. Pours cloudy golden brown - a hint of golden yellow on the very edge when held up to the light. A small head that quickly settles into a ring. Nice looking overall.

Smells of...what is it...yes, vanilla. Cream soda.

Taste is creamy. A hint of vanilla but not too strong. Just right.

Mouthfeel is light. Not real complex. Smooth and just creamy enough. Leaves a vanilla taste as it rolls off the back of the palate. Carbonation is light to moderate. Not overpowering, just right.

Overall, I quite like this beer. One or two is enough in a sitting, but at that rate, very enjoyable.

Appearance: Looks like liquified caramel candy, a lovely rust-brown hue. Not much head.

Smell: Aroma is also heavy on sweet caramel.

Taste: Again, lots and lots of caramel. BAs are familiar with hop bombs and malt bombs, well I'd label this a caramel bomb. A little vanilla is in there, too. Malt is in the background, but provides enough of a backbone to not make this overly sweet.

Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied, but on the smooth side.

Drinkability: Great as a dessert, but one can only tolerate so much caramel in one sitting.

Notes: I don't think I've ever had a beer so heavy on one specific flavor (other than malt or hops, of course). This phenomenon is more present with the on-tap version than from the bottle. I prefer it on-tap, although more malt comes out in the bottle, giving more balance to the beer. This experiment could have been disastrous, but the abundance of caramel flavor here is surprisingly pleasant and well done.